[2746] in linux-net channel archive
Re: IRC server Configuration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sjacob1@gl.umbc.edu)
Tue Apr 30 20:49:51 1996
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:22:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: <sjacob1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: linux net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960430024226.2683R-100000@inorganic5.chem.ufl.edu>
On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Arthur S. Petrossian wrote:
>
> > > on the channels 24/7.
> > So how do some IRC channels in the Undernet remain permanently?
> > Just because there is always someone one them? Or there is a way to keep
> > them permanent regardless of that?
>
> Bots. Do some searching for something called eggdrop...it seems to be
> one of the most popular ones. Bots are programs that log into IRC and
> stay there. You run them on a unix box as a background process. They
> can "guard" channels, give op status to selected people, deliver
> information, etc.
>
Alos, it is possible to have one bot on multiple channels. They run ni
the background (ignore HUP) and let you provide info/operators for the
channels. Eggdrop is probably the easiest to set up, and you can also
offer help files, etc from your eggdrop bot.
-Stephen
